As stated above, this book differs greatly from your Freemasonry For Dummies<\/em>-style books of the 21st Century. The Secret Teachings of All Ages<\/em> is not for dummies. It is written by an occultist for occultists. In fact, for decades, the book was not marketed to the general public at all. Until recently, The Secret Teachings of All Ages<\/em> was only available in oversized, very expensive editions that were only sought after by dedicated occult researchers.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Inside the first edition of HIS INTERPRETATION of The Secret Teachings of All Ages.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Unlike modern \u201coccult\u201d authors, Manly P. Hall did not shy away from exposing the great influence of Freemasonry and other secret societies on the world today. Furthermore, Hall also did not shy away from explaining how occultism can be used for nefarious purposes through demonology and black magic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In short, there is no agenda or condescension in this book \u2013 only years of research compiled in an original, skillfully written and beautifully illustrated volume. Here are some of the topics discussed in The Secret Teachings of All Ages:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Manly P. Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n Manly P. Hall was a Canadian-born author, lecturer, astrologer and mystic, who had an important, yet subdued, influence on American History. In the 1920s, Hall was in his early 20s and obtained a significant sum of money from members of a family that controlled a valuable oil field in California. These funds were used by Hall to travel around the world and acquire a substantial personal library of ancient literature. This collection formed the knowledge base of his future works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 1928, Hall published Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy: Being an Interpretation of the Secret Teachings concealed within the Rituals, Allegories and Mysteries of all Ages \u2013<\/em> more commonly referred to as The Secret Teachings of All Ages. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n In 1934, Hall founded the Philosophical Research Society (PRS) in Los Angeles, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the study of religion, mythology, metaphysics, and the occult. US President Franklin Roosevelt, a prominent Freemason, was a known member of the PRS. Some researchers believe that the PRS influenced Roosevelt in adopting the Great Seal of the United States (the unfinished pyramid and the all-seeing eye) on the dollar bill in 1935.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although Hall had close ties with Freemasonry, he only officially joined the order 23 years after writing The Secret Teachings of All Ages<\/em>. Indeed, on June 28, 1954, Hall was initiated as a Freemason into Jewel Lodge No. 374 in San Francisco (now the United Lodge). On December 8, 1973, Hall was recognized as a 33\u00b0 Mason \u2013 the highest honor conferred by the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite \u2013 at a ceremony held at the PRS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While he projected the image of a mystic sage, Manly P. Hall\u2019s personal life was rather troublesome. Hall was married twice, the first ending with his wife\u2019s suicide; the second, almost 20 years later, was to a woman who was classified by the FBI as a certifiable \u201cnuisance\u201d. Both marriages were childless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hall\u2019s second wife, Marie Schweikert Bauer, claimed that Hall had numerous affairs with men. She also believed that his last male interest, an occultist by the name of Daniel Fritz, might have been responsible for Manly P. Hall\u2019s bizarre death in 1990. Indeed, Hall\u2019s life ended in tragedy: His body was found under suspicious and horrifying circumstances: He had been dead for hours and had thousands of ants streaming from his nose and mouth. The case was never solved. Were the \u201cdark arts\u201d involved in his death?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n An older Manly P. Hall in Masonic garments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although Hall wrote numerous books and gave hundreds of lectures throughout his life, The Secret Teachings of All Ages<\/em> remains, according to him, his magnum opus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 1988, Hall himself wrote about it: “The greatest knowledge of all time should be available to the twentieth century not only in the one shilling editions of the\u00a0Bohn Library<\/a>\u00a0in small type and shabby binding, but in a book that would be a monument, not merely a coffin. John Henry Nash agreed with me.”[9]<\/a>:4<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n [9]<\/sup> Hall, Manly P. (2003). The Secret Teachings of All Ages: Reader’s Edition<\/em> (Reader’s ed.). New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher\/Penguin. ISBN<\/a>1-58542-250-9<\/bdi><\/a>. The Reader’s Edition is a trade paperback (6″ wide and 9″ tall).<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Secret Teachings of All Ages<\/em> is not merely a dictionary defining the meaning of symbols. It is a full and thorough revision of world history as seen by occultists. Through the chapters of his book, Hall sometimes proposes surprising theories that are, to this day, highly controversial. Here are two examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n A depiction of Atlantis according to accounts from Ancient Greece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On several occasions, Hall asserted that most of humanity\u2019s occult knowledge originates from Atlantis, a lost continent that existed West of Greece thousands of years ago. During its Golden Age, Atlantis was the home of a highly advanced civilization that flourished until it was completely submerged in a gigantic cataclysm. Hall argued that this \u201cGreat Flood\u201d was an important historical event that was recorded in the lore of several cultures around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to him, the Biblical stories of the race of Cain, of the Giants (Nephilim) and Noah\u2019s Ark are all allusions to the deluge of Atlantis. Forced to evacuate their island, Atlanteans sailed to several parts of the planet, where they imparted their evolved knowledge to the locals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMay it not have been that these demigods of a fabulous age who, Esdras-like, came out of the sea were Atlantean priests? All that primitive man remembered of the Atlanteans was the glory of their golden ornaments, the transcendency of their wisdom, and the sanctity of their symbols \u2013 the cross and the serpent. That they came in ships was soon forgotten, for untutored minds considered even boats as supernatural.<\/p> Wherever the Atlanteans proselyted they erected pyramids and temples patterned after the great sanctuary in the City of the Golden Gates. Such is the origin of the pyramids of Egypt, Mexico, and Central America. The mounds in Normandy and Britain, as well as those of the American Indians, are remnants of a similar culture. In the midst of the Atlantean program of world colonization and conversion, the cataclysms which sank Atlantis began. The Initiate-Priests of the Sacred Feather who promised to come back to their missionary settlements never returned, and after the lapse of centuries tradition preserved only a fantastic account of gods who came from a place where the sea now is.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Although Atlanteans imparted great knowledge to the civilizations they encountered, they also introduced them to their darker impulses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFrom the Atlanteans the world has received not only the heritage of arts and crafts, philosophies and sciences, ethics and religions, but also the heritage of hate, strife, and perversion. The Atlanteans instigated the first war; and it has been said that all subsequent wars were fought in a fruitless effort to justify the first one and right the wrong which it caused. Before Atlantis sank, its spiritually illumined Initiates, who realized that their land was doomed because it had departed from the Path of Light, withdrew from the ill-fated continent. Carrying with them the sacred and secret doctrine, these Atlanteans established themselves in Egypt, where they became its first \u201cdivine\u201d rulers. Nearly all the great cosmologic myths forming the foundation of the various sacred books of the world are based upon the Atlantean Mystery rituals.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The existence of Atlantis would indeed explain lots of unexplainable mysteries. However, concrete proof of its existence has never been found \u2026 or at least has never been revealed to non-initiates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sir Francis Bacon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sir Francis Bacon was a philosopher and statesmen who served as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England in the 17th century. Dubbed the \u201cfather of empiricism\u201d, Bacon is credited with developing the scientific method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, not unlike other influential figures in History, Bacon\u2019s was also rumored to be a powerful occultist associated with the Rosicrucians and the Freemasons. Manly P. Hall believed that Bacon was one of the powerful figures sent by a \u201chidden order\u201d to influence human history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFather of modern science, remodeler of modern law, editor of the modern Bible, patron of modem democracy, and one of the founders of modern Freemasonry, Sir Francis Bacon was a man of many aims and purposes. He was a Rosicrucian, some have intimated the Rosicrucian. If not actually the Illustrious Father C.R.C. referred to in the Rosicrucian manifestoes, he was certainly a high initiate of the Rosicrucian Order, and it is his activities in connection with this secret body that are of prime importance to students of symbolism, philosophy, and literature.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In The Secret Teachings of All Ages<\/em>, Hall dedicates an entire chapter to Sir Francis Bacon and the many ways he purportedly influenced Western civilization. First, Hall asserts that Bacon was given the task to oversee the translation of a new version of the Bible by King James himself \u2013 with whom he was very close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt was in recognition of Bacon\u2019s intellectual accomplishments that King James turned over to him the translators\u2019 manuscripts of what is now known as the King James Bible for the presumable purpose of checking, editing, and revising them. The documents remained in his hands for nearly a year, but no information is to be had concerning what occurred in that time. Regarding this work, William T. Smedley writes: \u201cIt will eventually be proved that the whole scheme of the Authorised Version of the Bible was Francis Bacon\u2019s.\u201d<\/p> The first edition of the King James Bible contains a cryptic Baconian headpiece. Did Bacon cryptographically conceal in the Authorized Bible that which he dared not literally reveal in the text \u2013 the secret Rosicrucian key to mystic and Masonic Christianity?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n As stated in this last paragraph, the cover of the first edition of the King James version contained various esoteric symbols associated with the Rosicrucian Order.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The frontispiece of the first edition of the King James version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the bottom of the cover is a unique symbol: A pelican feeding its young with its own blood.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n This ancient symbol representing self-sacrifice is an important part Rosicrucian imagery (notice the rose on the cross).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hall also believed that Sir Francis Bacon was actually Shakespeare \u2013 a theory that has been floating around for centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cScores of volumes have been written to establish Sir Francis Bacon as the real author of the plays and sonnets popularly ascribed to William Shakspere. An impartial consideration of these documents cannot but convince the open-minded of the verisimilitude of the Baconian theory. In fact those enthusiasts who for years have struggled to identify Sir Francis Bacon as the true \u201cBard of Avon\u201d might long since have won their case had they emphasized its most important angle, namely, that Sir Francis Bacon, the Rosicrucian initiate, wrote into the Shakespearian plays the secret teachings of the Fraternity of R.C. and the true rituals of the Freemasonic Order, of which order it may yet be discovered that he was the actual founder.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In the following paragraphs, Hall explains the many similarities between Bacon and the mysterious artist known as Shakespeare. While he presents a compelling case, he does not stop there. Hall also asserts that Bacon, like other important figures in History, faked his death to serve humanity under various pseudonyms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAccording to material available, the supreme council of the Fraternity of R.C. was composed of a certain number of individuals who had died what is known as the \u201cphilosophic death.\u201d When the time came for an initiate to enter upon his labors for the Order, he conveniently \u201cdied\u201d under somewhat mysterious circumstances. In reality he changed his name and place of residence, and a box of rocks or a body secured for the purpose was buried in his stead. It is believed that this happened in the case of Sir Francis Bacon who, like all servants of the Mysteries, renounced all personal credit and permitted others to be considered as the authors of the documents which he wrote or inspired.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The Secret Teaching of All Ages<\/em> contains many other theories that cause its readers to rethink human history as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Manly P. Hall\u2019s The Secret Teachings of All Ages<\/em> is not only a \u201cgood read\u201d: It is an eye-opening experience. It provides a much-needed look at an entire side of history that is all but ignored in everyday life. While one might not agree with Hall\u2019s unabashed admiration of secret societies, the information his book imparts remains invaluable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After decades of semi-obscurity, The Secret Teachings of All Ages<\/em> is finding a new readership in the 21st century, as a growing number of people find themselves thirsty for occult truth. Far from fading into irrelevancy, this 91-year old book provides the knowledge necessary to better understand the forces at work today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Regular readers of this site probably noticed that I often quote this 1927 book in my articles. Through his meticulous yet colorful exploration of occult schools through the ages, Manly P. Hall … Leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>\nManly P. Hall: A Mysterious Yet Influential Figure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/p>\n\n\n\nInteresting Theories Found in The Secret Teachings of All Ages<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Occult Schools Originate from Atlantis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Sir Francis Bacon Edited the King James Version of the Bible \u2026 And Was Actually Shakespeare<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
In Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
![<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nAn older Manly P. Hall in Masonic garments.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAlthough Hall wrote numerous books and gave hundreds of lectures throughout his life, The Secret Teachings of All Ages<\/em> remains, according to him, his magnum opus.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIn 1988, Hall himself wrote about it: “The greatest knowledge of all time should be available to the twentieth century not only in the one shilling editions of the\u00a0Bohn Library<\/a>\u00a0in small type and shabby binding, but in a book that would be a monument, not merely a coffin. John Henry Nash agreed with me.”[9]<\/a>:4<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n[9]<\/sup> Hall, Manly P. (2003). The Secret Teachings of All Ages: Reader’s Edition<\/em> (Reader’s ed.). New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher\/Penguin. ISBN<\/a>1-58542-250-9<\/bdi><\/a>. The Reader’s Edition is a trade paperback (6″ wide and 9″ tall).<\/p>\n\n\n\nInteresting Theories Found in The Secret Teachings of All Ages<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\nThe Secret Teachings of All Ages<\/em> is not merely a dictionary defining the meaning of symbols. It is a full and thorough revision of world history as seen by occultists. Through the chapters of his book, Hall sometimes proposes surprising theories that are, to this day, highly controversial. Here are two examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOccult Schools Originate from Atlantis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nA depiction of Atlantis according to accounts from Ancient Greece.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOn several occasions, Hall asserted that most of humanity\u2019s occult knowledge originates from Atlantis, a lost continent that existed West of Greece thousands of years ago. During its Golden Age, Atlantis was the home of a highly advanced civilization that flourished until it was completely submerged in a gigantic cataclysm. Hall argued that this \u201cGreat Flood\u201d was an important historical event that was recorded in the lore of several cultures around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAccording to him, the Biblical stories of the race of Cain, of the Giants (Nephilim) and Noah\u2019s Ark are all allusions to the deluge of Atlantis. Forced to evacuate their island, Atlanteans sailed to several parts of the planet, where they imparted their evolved knowledge to the locals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cMay it not have been that these demigods of a fabulous age who, Esdras-like, came out of the sea were Atlantean priests? All that primitive man remembered of the Atlanteans was the glory of their golden ornaments, the transcendency of their wisdom, and the sanctity of their symbols \u2013 the cross and the serpent. That they came in ships was soon forgotten, for untutored minds considered even boats as supernatural.<\/p>Wherever the Atlanteans proselyted they erected pyramids and temples patterned after the great sanctuary in the City of the Golden Gates. Such is the origin of the pyramids of Egypt, Mexico, and Central America. The mounds in Normandy and Britain, as well as those of the American Indians, are remnants of a similar culture. In the midst of the Atlantean program of world colonization and conversion, the cataclysms which sank Atlantis began. The Initiate-Priests of the Sacred Feather who promised to come back to their missionary settlements never returned, and after the lapse of centuries tradition preserved only a fantastic account of gods who came from a place where the sea now is.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nAlthough Atlanteans imparted great knowledge to the civilizations they encountered, they also introduced them to their darker impulses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cFrom the Atlanteans the world has received not only the heritage of arts and crafts, philosophies and sciences, ethics and religions, but also the heritage of hate, strife, and perversion. The Atlanteans instigated the first war; and it has been said that all subsequent wars were fought in a fruitless effort to justify the first one and right the wrong which it caused. Before Atlantis sank, its spiritually illumined Initiates, who realized that their land was doomed because it had departed from the Path of Light, withdrew from the ill-fated continent. Carrying with them the sacred and secret doctrine, these Atlanteans established themselves in Egypt, where they became its first \u201cdivine\u201d rulers. Nearly all the great cosmologic myths forming the foundation of the various sacred books of the world are based upon the Atlantean Mystery rituals.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nThe existence of Atlantis would indeed explain lots of unexplainable mysteries. However, concrete proof of its existence has never been found \u2026 or at least has never been revealed to non-initiates.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSir Francis Bacon Edited the King James Version of the Bible \u2026 And Was Actually Shakespeare<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nSir Francis Bacon.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSir Francis Bacon was a philosopher and statesmen who served as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England in the 17th century. Dubbed the \u201cfather of empiricism\u201d, Bacon is credited with developing the scientific method.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHowever, not unlike other influential figures in History, Bacon\u2019s was also rumored to be a powerful occultist associated with the Rosicrucians and the Freemasons. Manly P. Hall believed that Bacon was one of the powerful figures sent by a \u201chidden order\u201d to influence human history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cFather of modern science, remodeler of modern law, editor of the modern Bible, patron of modem democracy, and one of the founders of modern Freemasonry, Sir Francis Bacon was a man of many aims and purposes. He was a Rosicrucian, some have intimated the Rosicrucian. If not actually the Illustrious Father C.R.C. referred to in the Rosicrucian manifestoes, he was certainly a high initiate of the Rosicrucian Order, and it is his activities in connection with this secret body that are of prime importance to students of symbolism, philosophy, and literature.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nIn The Secret Teachings of All Ages<\/em>, Hall dedicates an entire chapter to Sir Francis Bacon and the many ways he purportedly influenced Western civilization. First, Hall asserts that Bacon was given the task to oversee the translation of a new version of the Bible by King James himself \u2013 with whom he was very close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cIt was in recognition of Bacon\u2019s intellectual accomplishments that King James turned over to him the translators\u2019 manuscripts of what is now known as the King James Bible for the presumable purpose of checking, editing, and revising them. The documents remained in his hands for nearly a year, but no information is to be had concerning what occurred in that time. Regarding this work, William T. Smedley writes: \u201cIt will eventually be proved that the whole scheme of the Authorised Version of the Bible was Francis Bacon\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>The first edition of the King James Bible contains a cryptic Baconian headpiece. Did Bacon cryptographically conceal in the Authorized Bible that which he dared not literally reveal in the text \u2013 the secret Rosicrucian key to mystic and Masonic Christianity?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nAs stated in this last paragraph, the cover of the first edition of the King James version contained various esoteric symbols associated with the Rosicrucian Order.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe frontispiece of the first edition of the King James version.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAt the bottom of the cover is a unique symbol: A pelican feeding its young with its own blood.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nThis ancient symbol representing self-sacrifice is an important part Rosicrucian imagery (notice the rose on the cross).<\/p>\n\n\n\nHall also believed that Sir Francis Bacon was actually Shakespeare \u2013 a theory that has been floating around for centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cScores of volumes have been written to establish Sir Francis Bacon as the real author of the plays and sonnets popularly ascribed to William Shakspere. An impartial consideration of these documents cannot but convince the open-minded of the verisimilitude of the Baconian theory. In fact those enthusiasts who for years have struggled to identify Sir Francis Bacon as the true \u201cBard of Avon\u201d might long since have won their case had they emphasized its most important angle, namely, that Sir Francis Bacon, the Rosicrucian initiate, wrote into the Shakespearian plays the secret teachings of the Fraternity of R.C. and the true rituals of the Freemasonic Order, of which order it may yet be discovered that he was the actual founder.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nIn the following paragraphs, Hall explains the many similarities between Bacon and the mysterious artist known as Shakespeare. While he presents a compelling case, he does not stop there. Hall also asserts that Bacon, like other important figures in History, faked his death to serve humanity under various pseudonyms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cAccording to material available, the supreme council of the Fraternity of R.C. was composed of a certain number of individuals who had died what is known as the \u201cphilosophic death.\u201d When the time came for an initiate to enter upon his labors for the Order, he conveniently \u201cdied\u201d under somewhat mysterious circumstances. In reality he changed his name and place of residence, and a box of rocks or a body secured for the purpose was buried in his stead. It is believed that this happened in the case of Sir Francis Bacon who, like all servants of the Mysteries, renounced all personal credit and permitted others to be considered as the authors of the documents which he wrote or inspired.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nThe Secret Teaching of All Ages<\/em> contains many other theories that cause its readers to rethink human history as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIn Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\nManly P. Hall\u2019s The Secret Teachings of All Ages<\/em> is not only a \u201cgood read\u201d: It is an eye-opening experience. It provides a much-needed look at an entire side of history that is all but ignored in everyday life. While one might not agree with Hall\u2019s unabashed admiration of secret societies, the information his book imparts remains invaluable.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAfter decades of semi-obscurity, The Secret Teachings of All Ages<\/em> is finding a new readership in the 21st century, as a growing number of people find themselves thirsty for occult truth. Far from fading into irrelevancy, this 91-year old book provides the knowledge necessary to better understand the forces at work today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Regular readers of this site probably noticed that I often quote this 1927 book in my articles. Through his meticulous yet colorful exploration of occult schools through the ages, Manly P. Hall … Leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>\nSharing is caring<\/strong>](\"https:\/\/vigilantcitizen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/hqdefault-e1543864880270.jpg\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nA depiction of Atlantis according to accounts from Ancient Greece.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOn several occasions, Hall asserted that most of humanity\u2019s occult knowledge originates from Atlantis, a lost continent that existed West of Greece thousands of years ago. During its Golden Age, Atlantis was the home of a highly advanced civilization that flourished until it was completely submerged in a gigantic cataclysm. Hall argued that this \u201cGreat Flood\u201d was an important historical event that was recorded in the lore of several cultures around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAccording to him, the Biblical stories of the race of Cain, of the Giants (Nephilim) and Noah\u2019s Ark are all allusions to the deluge of Atlantis. Forced to evacuate their island, Atlanteans sailed to several parts of the planet, where they imparted their evolved knowledge to the locals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cMay it not have been that these demigods of a fabulous age who, Esdras-like, came out of the sea were Atlantean priests? All that primitive man remembered of the Atlanteans was the glory of their golden ornaments, the transcendency of their wisdom, and the sanctity of their symbols \u2013 the cross and the serpent. That they came in ships was soon forgotten, for untutored minds considered even boats as supernatural.<\/p>Wherever the Atlanteans proselyted they erected pyramids and temples patterned after the great sanctuary in the City of the Golden Gates. Such is the origin of the pyramids of Egypt, Mexico, and Central America. The mounds in Normandy and Britain, as well as those of the American Indians, are remnants of a similar culture. In the midst of the Atlantean program of world colonization and conversion, the cataclysms which sank Atlantis began. The Initiate-Priests of the Sacred Feather who promised to come back to their missionary settlements never returned, and after the lapse of centuries tradition preserved only a fantastic account of gods who came from a place where the sea now is.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nAlthough Atlanteans imparted great knowledge to the civilizations they encountered, they also introduced them to their darker impulses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cFrom the Atlanteans the world has received not only the heritage of arts and crafts, philosophies and sciences, ethics and religions, but also the heritage of hate, strife, and perversion. The Atlanteans instigated the first war; and it has been said that all subsequent wars were fought in a fruitless effort to justify the first one and right the wrong which it caused. Before Atlantis sank, its spiritually illumined Initiates, who realized that their land was doomed because it had departed from the Path of Light, withdrew from the ill-fated continent. Carrying with them the sacred and secret doctrine, these Atlanteans established themselves in Egypt, where they became its first \u201cdivine\u201d rulers. Nearly all the great cosmologic myths forming the foundation of the various sacred books of the world are based upon the Atlantean Mystery rituals.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nThe existence of Atlantis would indeed explain lots of unexplainable mysteries. However, concrete proof of its existence has never been found \u2026 or at least has never been revealed to non-initiates.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSir Francis Bacon Edited the King James Version of the Bible \u2026 And Was Actually Shakespeare<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nSir Francis Bacon.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSir Francis Bacon was a philosopher and statesmen who served as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England in the 17th century. Dubbed the \u201cfather of empiricism\u201d, Bacon is credited with developing the scientific method.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHowever, not unlike other influential figures in History, Bacon\u2019s was also rumored to be a powerful occultist associated with the Rosicrucians and the Freemasons. Manly P. Hall believed that Bacon was one of the powerful figures sent by a \u201chidden order\u201d to influence human history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cFather of modern science, remodeler of modern law, editor of the modern Bible, patron of modem democracy, and one of the founders of modern Freemasonry, Sir Francis Bacon was a man of many aims and purposes. He was a Rosicrucian, some have intimated the Rosicrucian. If not actually the Illustrious Father C.R.C. referred to in the Rosicrucian manifestoes, he was certainly a high initiate of the Rosicrucian Order, and it is his activities in connection with this secret body that are of prime importance to students of symbolism, philosophy, and literature.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nIn The Secret Teachings of All Ages<\/em>, Hall dedicates an entire chapter to Sir Francis Bacon and the many ways he purportedly influenced Western civilization. First, Hall asserts that Bacon was given the task to oversee the translation of a new version of the Bible by King James himself \u2013 with whom he was very close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cIt was in recognition of Bacon\u2019s intellectual accomplishments that King James turned over to him the translators\u2019 manuscripts of what is now known as the King James Bible for the presumable purpose of checking, editing, and revising them. The documents remained in his hands for nearly a year, but no information is to be had concerning what occurred in that time. Regarding this work, William T. Smedley writes: \u201cIt will eventually be proved that the whole scheme of the Authorised Version of the Bible was Francis Bacon\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>The first edition of the King James Bible contains a cryptic Baconian headpiece. Did Bacon cryptographically conceal in the Authorized Bible that which he dared not literally reveal in the text \u2013 the secret Rosicrucian key to mystic and Masonic Christianity?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nAs stated in this last paragraph, the cover of the first edition of the King James version contained various esoteric symbols associated with the Rosicrucian Order.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe frontispiece of the first edition of the King James version.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAt the bottom of the cover is a unique symbol: A pelican feeding its young with its own blood.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nThis ancient symbol representing self-sacrifice is an important part Rosicrucian imagery (notice the rose on the cross).<\/p>\n\n\n\nHall also believed that Sir Francis Bacon was actually Shakespeare \u2013 a theory that has been floating around for centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cScores of volumes have been written to establish Sir Francis Bacon as the real author of the plays and sonnets popularly ascribed to William Shakspere. An impartial consideration of these documents cannot but convince the open-minded of the verisimilitude of the Baconian theory. In fact those enthusiasts who for years have struggled to identify Sir Francis Bacon as the true \u201cBard of Avon\u201d might long since have won their case had they emphasized its most important angle, namely, that Sir Francis Bacon, the Rosicrucian initiate, wrote into the Shakespearian plays the secret teachings of the Fraternity of R.C. and the true rituals of the Freemasonic Order, of which order it may yet be discovered that he was the actual founder.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nIn the following paragraphs, Hall explains the many similarities between Bacon and the mysterious artist known as Shakespeare. While he presents a compelling case, he does not stop there. Hall also asserts that Bacon, like other important figures in History, faked his death to serve humanity under various pseudonyms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cAccording to material available, the supreme council of the Fraternity of R.C. was composed of a certain number of individuals who had died what is known as the \u201cphilosophic death.\u201d When the time came for an initiate to enter upon his labors for the Order, he conveniently \u201cdied\u201d under somewhat mysterious circumstances. In reality he changed his name and place of residence, and a box of rocks or a body secured for the purpose was buried in his stead. It is believed that this happened in the case of Sir Francis Bacon who, like all servants of the Mysteries, renounced all personal credit and permitted others to be considered as the authors of the documents which he wrote or inspired.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nThe Secret Teaching of All Ages<\/em> contains many other theories that cause its readers to rethink human history as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIn Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\nManly P. Hall\u2019s The Secret Teachings of All Ages<\/em> is not only a \u201cgood read\u201d: It is an eye-opening experience. It provides a much-needed look at an entire side of history that is all but ignored in everyday life. While one might not agree with Hall\u2019s unabashed admiration of secret societies, the information his book imparts remains invaluable.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAfter decades of semi-obscurity, The Secret Teachings of All Ages<\/em> is finding a new readership in the 21st century, as a growing number of people find themselves thirsty for occult truth. Far from fading into irrelevancy, this 91-year old book provides the knowledge necessary to better understand the forces at work today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Regular readers of this site probably noticed that I often quote this 1927 book in my articles. Through his meticulous yet colorful exploration of occult schools through the ages, Manly P. Hall … Leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>\nSharing is caring<\/strong>](\"https:\/\/vigilantcitizen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/veOacSw.jpg\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nSir Francis Bacon.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSir Francis Bacon was a philosopher and statesmen who served as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England in the 17th century. Dubbed the \u201cfather of empiricism\u201d, Bacon is credited with developing the scientific method.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHowever, not unlike other influential figures in History, Bacon\u2019s was also rumored to be a powerful occultist associated with the Rosicrucians and the Freemasons. Manly P. Hall believed that Bacon was one of the powerful figures sent by a \u201chidden order\u201d to influence human history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cFather of modern science, remodeler of modern law, editor of the modern Bible, patron of modem democracy, and one of the founders of modern Freemasonry, Sir Francis Bacon was a man of many aims and purposes. He was a Rosicrucian, some have intimated the Rosicrucian. If not actually the Illustrious Father C.R.C. referred to in the Rosicrucian manifestoes, he was certainly a high initiate of the Rosicrucian Order, and it is his activities in connection with this secret body that are of prime importance to students of symbolism, philosophy, and literature.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nIn The Secret Teachings of All Ages<\/em>, Hall dedicates an entire chapter to Sir Francis Bacon and the many ways he purportedly influenced Western civilization. First, Hall asserts that Bacon was given the task to oversee the translation of a new version of the Bible by King James himself \u2013 with whom he was very close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cIt was in recognition of Bacon\u2019s intellectual accomplishments that King James turned over to him the translators\u2019 manuscripts of what is now known as the King James Bible for the presumable purpose of checking, editing, and revising them. The documents remained in his hands for nearly a year, but no information is to be had concerning what occurred in that time. Regarding this work, William T. Smedley writes: \u201cIt will eventually be proved that the whole scheme of the Authorised Version of the Bible was Francis Bacon\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>The first edition of the King James Bible contains a cryptic Baconian headpiece. Did Bacon cryptographically conceal in the Authorized Bible that which he dared not literally reveal in the text \u2013 the secret Rosicrucian key to mystic and Masonic Christianity?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nAs stated in this last paragraph, the cover of the first edition of the King James version contained various esoteric symbols associated with the Rosicrucian Order.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe frontispiece of the first edition of the King James version.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAt the bottom of the cover is a unique symbol: A pelican feeding its young with its own blood.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nThis ancient symbol representing self-sacrifice is an important part Rosicrucian imagery (notice the rose on the cross).<\/p>\n\n\n\nHall also believed that Sir Francis Bacon was actually Shakespeare \u2013 a theory that has been floating around for centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cScores of volumes have been written to establish Sir Francis Bacon as the real author of the plays and sonnets popularly ascribed to William Shakspere. An impartial consideration of these documents cannot but convince the open-minded of the verisimilitude of the Baconian theory. In fact those enthusiasts who for years have struggled to identify Sir Francis Bacon as the true \u201cBard of Avon\u201d might long since have won their case had they emphasized its most important angle, namely, that Sir Francis Bacon, the Rosicrucian initiate, wrote into the Shakespearian plays the secret teachings of the Fraternity of R.C. and the true rituals of the Freemasonic Order, of which order it may yet be discovered that he was the actual founder.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nIn the following paragraphs, Hall explains the many similarities between Bacon and the mysterious artist known as Shakespeare. While he presents a compelling case, he does not stop there. Hall also asserts that Bacon, like other important figures in History, faked his death to serve humanity under various pseudonyms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cAccording to material available, the supreme council of the Fraternity of R.C. was composed of a certain number of individuals who had died what is known as the \u201cphilosophic death.\u201d When the time came for an initiate to enter upon his labors for the Order, he conveniently \u201cdied\u201d under somewhat mysterious circumstances. In reality he changed his name and place of residence, and a box of rocks or a body secured for the purpose was buried in his stead. It is believed that this happened in the case of Sir Francis Bacon who, like all servants of the Mysteries, renounced all personal credit and permitted others to be considered as the authors of the documents which he wrote or inspired.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nThe Secret Teaching of All Ages<\/em> contains many other theories that cause its readers to rethink human history as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIn Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\nManly P. Hall\u2019s The Secret Teachings of All Ages<\/em> is not only a \u201cgood read\u201d: It is an eye-opening experience. It provides a much-needed look at an entire side of history that is all but ignored in everyday life. While one might not agree with Hall\u2019s unabashed admiration of secret societies, the information his book imparts remains invaluable.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAfter decades of semi-obscurity, The Secret Teachings of All Ages<\/em> is finding a new readership in the 21st century, as a growing number of people find themselves thirsty for occult truth. Far from fading into irrelevancy, this 91-year old book provides the knowledge necessary to better understand the forces at work today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Regular readers of this site probably noticed that I often quote this 1927 book in my articles. Through his meticulous yet colorful exploration of occult schools through the ages, Manly P. Hall … Leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>\nSharing is caring<\/strong>](\"https:\/\/vigilantcitizen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/francis_bacon_viscount_st_alban_from_npg_2-e1543679753325.jpg\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe frontispiece of the first edition of the King James version.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAt the bottom of the cover is a unique symbol: A pelican feeding its young with its own blood.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nThis ancient symbol representing self-sacrifice is an important part Rosicrucian imagery (notice the rose on the cross).<\/p>\n\n\n\nHall also believed that Sir Francis Bacon was actually Shakespeare \u2013 a theory that has been floating around for centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cScores of volumes have been written to establish Sir Francis Bacon as the real author of the plays and sonnets popularly ascribed to William Shakspere. An impartial consideration of these documents cannot but convince the open-minded of the verisimilitude of the Baconian theory. In fact those enthusiasts who for years have struggled to identify Sir Francis Bacon as the true \u201cBard of Avon\u201d might long since have won their case had they emphasized its most important angle, namely, that Sir Francis Bacon, the Rosicrucian initiate, wrote into the Shakespearian plays the secret teachings of the Fraternity of R.C. and the true rituals of the Freemasonic Order, of which order it may yet be discovered that he was the actual founder.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nIn the following paragraphs, Hall explains the many similarities between Bacon and the mysterious artist known as Shakespeare. While he presents a compelling case, he does not stop there. Hall also asserts that Bacon, like other important figures in History, faked his death to serve humanity under various pseudonyms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cAccording to material available, the supreme council of the Fraternity of R.C. was composed of a certain number of individuals who had died what is known as the \u201cphilosophic death.\u201d When the time came for an initiate to enter upon his labors for the Order, he conveniently \u201cdied\u201d under somewhat mysterious circumstances. In reality he changed his name and place of residence, and a box of rocks or a body secured for the purpose was buried in his stead. It is believed that this happened in the case of Sir Francis Bacon who, like all servants of the Mysteries, renounced all personal credit and permitted others to be considered as the authors of the documents which he wrote or inspired.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nThe Secret Teaching of All Ages<\/em> contains many other theories that cause its readers to rethink human history as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIn Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\nManly P. Hall\u2019s The Secret Teachings of All Ages<\/em> is not only a \u201cgood read\u201d: It is an eye-opening experience. It provides a much-needed look at an entire side of history that is all but ignored in everyday life. While one might not agree with Hall\u2019s unabashed admiration of secret societies, the information his book imparts remains invaluable.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAfter decades of semi-obscurity, The Secret Teachings of All Ages<\/em> is finding a new readership in the 21st century, as a growing number of people find themselves thirsty for occult truth. Far from fading into irrelevancy, this 91-year old book provides the knowledge necessary to better understand the forces at work today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Regular readers of this site probably noticed that I often quote this 1927 book in my articles. Through his meticulous yet colorful exploration of occult schools through the ages, Manly P. Hall … Leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>\nSharing is caring<\/strong>](\"https:\/\/vigilantcitizen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1King-James-Version-Bible-first-edition-title-page-16111.png\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nThis ancient symbol representing self-sacrifice is an important part Rosicrucian imagery (notice the rose on the cross).<\/p>\n\n\n\nHall also believed that Sir Francis Bacon was actually Shakespeare \u2013 a theory that has been floating around for centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cScores of volumes have been written to establish Sir Francis Bacon as the real author of the plays and sonnets popularly ascribed to William Shakspere. An impartial consideration of these documents cannot but convince the open-minded of the verisimilitude of the Baconian theory. In fact those enthusiasts who for years have struggled to identify Sir Francis Bacon as the true \u201cBard of Avon\u201d might long since have won their case had they emphasized its most important angle, namely, that Sir Francis Bacon, the Rosicrucian initiate, wrote into the Shakespearian plays the secret teachings of the Fraternity of R.C. and the true rituals of the Freemasonic Order, of which order it may yet be discovered that he was the actual founder.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nIn the following paragraphs, Hall explains the many similarities between Bacon and the mysterious artist known as Shakespeare. While he presents a compelling case, he does not stop there. Hall also asserts that Bacon, like other important figures in History, faked his death to serve humanity under various pseudonyms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cAccording to material available, the supreme council of the Fraternity of R.C. was composed of a certain number of individuals who had died what is known as the \u201cphilosophic death.\u201d When the time came for an initiate to enter upon his labors for the Order, he conveniently \u201cdied\u201d under somewhat mysterious circumstances. In reality he changed his name and place of residence, and a box of rocks or a body secured for the purpose was buried in his stead. It is believed that this happened in the case of Sir Francis Bacon who, like all servants of the Mysteries, renounced all personal credit and permitted others to be considered as the authors of the documents which he wrote or inspired.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nThe Secret Teaching of All Ages<\/em> contains many other theories that cause its readers to rethink human history as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIn Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\nManly P. Hall\u2019s The Secret Teachings of All Ages<\/em> is not only a \u201cgood read\u201d: It is an eye-opening experience. It provides a much-needed look at an entire side of history that is all but ignored in everyday life. While one might not agree with Hall\u2019s unabashed admiration of secret societies, the information his book imparts remains invaluable.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAfter decades of semi-obscurity, The Secret Teachings of All Ages<\/em> is finding a new readership in the 21st century, as a growing number of people find themselves thirsty for occult truth. Far from fading into irrelevancy, this 91-year old book provides the knowledge necessary to better understand the forces at work today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Regular readers of this site probably noticed that I often quote this 1927 book in my articles. Through his meticulous yet colorful exploration of occult schools through the ages, Manly P. Hall … Leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>\nSharing is caring<\/strong>](\"https:\/\/vigilantcitizen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/pelican.jpg\"){kind=link}